National Geographic Kids - USA (2019-12 & 2020-01)

STRAWBERRY POISON DART FROG

This frog is named for the fact

that it loves to eat strawberries.

FALSE. It was named for the variety that

has a bright strawberry-red body. This

frog comes in many varieties and colors,

including green with black spots.

Their motto could be “Don’t

touch him with a 10-foot pole.”

TRUE. Males protect territories, staying

about 10 feet apart.

These frogs have been accused of

having bad taste.

TRUE. Strawberry poison dart frogs

secrete a bitter-tasting toxin, or poison.

The plants they eat are the

source of strawberry poison dart

frogs’ toxin.

FALSE. Poison dart frogs get their deadly

coating from toxins in the ants they eat.

Poison dart frogs play darts.

FALSE. But humans learned to use some

poison dart frogs’ toxin on the tips of

darts for hunting.

MARK MOFFET / MINDEN PICTURES

A

B

C

D

E